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I’ve been watching battle rap since that time period when Cassidy was hot, Murda Mook and Lux first when at it. That was a very pivotal time in hip-hop.

AB Soul

I’ve been to Vancouver every year for the last four years, since 2011 when I came out with Murs.
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Four Mur Since Vancouver Year
The universe bends to a still mind, peace be still.
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Bend Mind Peace Still Universe
I dunno, around 11th grade, 12th grade I was just like “yeah. This is something I want to do”. I was always known; I was always the rapper.
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Always Around Dunno Grade Known Rapper Something Want Yeah
I feel like battle rap is as popular as it’s ever been, today. With Total Slaughter it’s getting real popular.
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Battle Popular Rap Real Slaughter.Today Total
We’re all different and I respect my difference. I just try to be myself at all times. As long as I do that my music is always going to be different.
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All Differences Long Music Respect Times Trying
My main concern is making the connection with my listeners and making records that the whole world can sing. That’s what makes me happy.
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Concern Connection Listeners Main Making Record Sing Whole World
I’m really focused on These Days and I’m trying to take it as far as I can – I feel like it’s a strong body of work. I just want to give it the ame kind of attention I give all my projects.
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Body Far Focused Giving Strong Take Trying Work
Me personally, I just wanted to do that to capture These Days.With DAY-lyt.
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Capture Day Personally Wanted
Everything is written in my mind, more so due to my lack of vision at this point. After years of vigorous writing, it was more of a challenge to do it without paper or sidekicks. I enjoy a good challenge.
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Challenge Lack More Point Vigorous Vision Writing Year
No religion, I’m just so explicit, I coexist in places you would never know existed.
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Explicit Know Place Religion
I really enjoy doing music because it’s a challenge to try to reach that frequency and connect with people and get them tuned to what you’re talking about. I definitely respect and enjoy that challenge.
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Challenge Connect Enjoy Frequency People Reach Talking Tuned
I say ‘cuz’ around Bloods, and I say ‘blood’ around Crips…I’m twisted. Got Mary, got Lucy, got Molly: that’s wifey, girlfriend and mistress.
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Blood Crip Girlfriend Luck Mistress Rap Twisted Wifey
There are a lot of people in this world that listen to wide ranges of music and there should never be a CERTAIN type of music that any artist should be confined to, in my opinion.
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Artist Confined Listen Music Opinion People Range World
I’ve been watching battle rap since that time period when Cassidy was hot, Murda Mook and Lux first when at it. That was a very pivotal time in hip-hop.
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Battle Hip Hop Hot Lux Murda Period Rap Since Time Watching
I wasn’t really sold on being an artist until high school, my senior year. I was going to do the college thing originally.
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Artist College High Originally School Senior Sold
I have respect for the sport so I will contribute to the sport by encouraging artists .
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Artist Contribute Encouraging Respect Sport
King Of The Dot is huge; battle rap is huge right now. My first battle that I went to was King Of The Dot – shout out to Lush One.
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Battle King Lush Rap Shout
I’m not extra’d out. I got a cool little vinyl collection.
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Collection Cool Extra Little Out Vinyl
Vancouver is dope, everybody got across the border today.
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Across Border Dope Everybody Today
I got plenty. You can have all my light, my shine. I got plenty. All my boys here, we working being creative.
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Boy Creative Light Plenty Shining Working
People always known me for rappin’. So I guess that maybe just hindered me, like “oh well, I mid-as-well go long term with it.”
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Always Guess Like Long Oh People Rappin Well
Honestly I think it was gradual from the first time I came. It’s been a gradual thing as far as audience and response wise. I feel like I was conditioned for this type of impact.
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Audience Gradual Honestly Impact Response Thinking Wise
I think our Canadian fan base is large because it took us a while to get over here anyway, in the first place.
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Base Canadian Fan First Large Place Thinking
I like to practice being still and I feel like that promotes a lot of positivity.
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Feel Lot Positivity Practice Promote Still
106 & Park, Freestyle Friday, that was real pivotal. I feel like he has the right to do that, he comes from that era so he has the right to do that.
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Era Freestyle Friday Park Real Right
I treat all my projects the same. They’re all time capsules of where I am at the time and what I’m thinking about.
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Capsule Project Thinking Time Treat
[Positive mental attitude] is a practice, you gotta practice. I practice being still.
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Attitude Mental Positive Practice Still

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